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He Opened the Gate From the Outside
2024-05-23 07:29 Hebrews 13:12 "So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood."   Paul is comparing Jesus to the animals the Jews were to burn outside the camp, and wh...
A God Who Conforms to Us Is an Idol
2024-05-22 09:48 1 Chronicles 16:26. "For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but the Lord made the heavens."   Father Mike Schmitz says we have "idol making hearts," and I am seeing more and more how true this i...
Begin With the End in Mind
2024-05-21 05:09 (This is not a daily Bible reading post, but a journal entry from the early hours of the morning!)     Pope Francis recently gave an interview to 60 Minutes in which he said some things that are, on...
Clarification on the "Middle"
2024-05-20 09:26 Matthew 25:22. "And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying 'Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.'"   I think I got this specific verse to...
What Honor Is Due to Our Physicians?
2024-05-18 07:39 Sirach 38:1-2. "Honor the physician with the honor due him, according to your need of him, for the Lord created him; for healing comes from the Most High, and he will receive a gift from the king."  ...
We Are Punishing Wisdom and Rewarding Lack of Sense (It Won't End Well)
2024-05-17 09:19 Proverbs 10:13. "On the lips of him who has understanding wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense."   This is so inverted in our world today! People who speak nonsense are ...
Get Out of the Lukewarm Middle!
2024-05-16 07:33 Matthew 10:32-33. "So every one who acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in...
His All-Consuming Love
2024-05-15 06:33 Song of Solomon 2:9. "My beloved is like a gazelle, or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice."   Yesterday my daughter was lame...
Judith Has a Drink in the Divine Will
2024-05-14 07:07 Judith 12:17-18. "So Holofernes said to her 'Drink now, and be merry with us!' Judith said, 'I will drink now, my lord, because my life means more to me today than in all the days since I ...
Act Rightly and Be at Peace
2024-05-13 09:59 Titus 3:8. "I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men." The "things" Pa...